Opinion: Chronicling America’s Unsung Heroes

Author Mark Lee Greenblatt on his new book, “Valor,” which chronicles the personal stories of nine U.S. soldiers who risked their lives to save others. Photos: Getty Images

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... I ... I ... I ... I ... the ... opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... just how much in the air and sacrifice for our country ... there are all lot of stories that we never get here ... says my next guest author Marconi greenlight new book out called valor ... the two histories of nine American heroes and what they did in Iraq Afghanistan and the home front ... what prompted you rate this book will be in two thousandseven in two thousand when two awards banquets where Dion or military heroes he told the stories of what these men and women were doing overseas ... and they were ... unbelievable to work inspiring stories or if the price of ... Pocono in this to these people are ... when they go home there can be lucky to be ... a bagging groceries if they get a job in the first place ... and so I sit someone's gonna be telling the stories and I just decided ... one night you ... was it hard to get these veterans to explain what they had done ... absolutely did there is one ... FAQ ended at bedtime persists are all in all attorneys that they don't talk ... enough about themselves ... they deflect credit the talk of a point to someone else to say ... that's the real hero ... and that that was the hard part these men and women are done incredible things in so breaking through the head ... of was difficult ... the example of just one of the spheres it's a little bit of a taste of the book and ... and and really the theme of the incredible levels of terrorists in the YouView Chronicle shore Brian Welch was ... an army pilot ... and at this point a routine mission Over the triangle of death in Baghdad and he could have a distress call it to other pilot crashed and survived the crash in the trial of debt ... and Ryan and his co pilot Austin Leonid their aircraft ... Brian got out across across this field ... found were the survivors were carried in back to the aircraft minute is in the ... triangle of death was there to be in certain working at any point ... and in the next in the rind it was really impressive really just amazing ... there's only room for one the guys in the in the Apache to do is find a nice repo one of them in there in the knee strapped himself ... and the other injured pilot to be outside of the helicopter ... was co pilot I had any fights the Coppell was fined a total of flu the flu them all ... to the hospital ... by the end of Brian literally saved their lives that night pretty incredible for inspiration to get the sense of what drives these guys to to to do these extraordinary things one of its yet one thing ... that emerged over over again ... Brotherhood ... these guys are so committed to each other ... that ill do anything for them it's it's overwhelming and the country and the country absolutely but in that moment ... of when there when when they're putting their lives online that they can not do it for their body ... I need in Ryan's case ... the it was to ... have to queue but the nature of the day wore ... on and he still did that but it's just that sense of brotherhood is just overwhelming of course featured isn't defending a country that that underlies everything but in that moment that stating that guy it's pretty amazing well what uplifting stories Mark Lee Green bought to offer a Ballard thank you so much thank you for twenty pts